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lhurrnn fSra'rns Parnsrr rricni HERBERT LUSHINGTON STOREY AND ISAAC HENRY STOREY, OF LANCAS- TEE, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. $69,414:, dated September 6, 1887.

Application filed September 13, 1836. Serial No. 213,462. (Specimens) Patented in England February 13, 1835, No. 2,407, and in Belgium October 23, 1885, No. 70,602.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT Lusnnwe- 'roN STOREY and Isaac HENRY STOREY, citicons of Great Britain, residing at the town and county of Lancaster, and Kingdom of Great Britain, table-baize and oil-cloth manufacturers, have invented certain new and useful Improvelnents in the Manufacture of Oil-Cloths; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention rel ates to the process known as embossing the said cloths,which has hitherto been the last process in the manufacture of such goods; and it consists in ornamenting the prepared oil-cloth in the web by embossing a design or pattern thereon by rollers in such manner that the sunk parts of the embossed pattern or design on the face of the cloth have or can have applied to them some suitable metallic or other powder, which is made to adhere thereto by a suitable cement that is imprinted in the act of embossing.

One way in which we can carry our invention into effect is by passing the prepared oilcloths in the web through what is known as a roller embossing-machine, and by means of a suitable apparatussuch, for instance, as the inking apparatus used in letter-press webprinting-we apply a suitable size or cement to the engraved metal embossing-roller, which roller then applies to or imprints the size or cement upon the prepared face of the cloth in the act of embossing. WVe then apply, by brushes or other suitable means, a metallic or other powder to the newly-embossed cloth, which powder will only be retained on the parts having theimprinted size or cement, and will adhere thereto, the surplus being easily brushed, dusted, blown off, or otherwise removed.

In the above-described process we do not confine ourselves to any one method of applying the size or cement to the engraved metal embossing-roller, or to the method of apply ing the metallic or other powder to or remov ing the surplus powder from the embossed and imprinted cloths.

\Vhat we claim is 1. The herein described process of ornamenting floor-coverings or other like articles, which consists in embossing a design or pattern in or on a more or less plastic or compressible material, and simultaneously coating a portion of the design or pattern with an adhesive agent.

2. The herein described process of ornamenting floor-coverings or other like articles, which consists in embossing a design or pattern in or on a more or less plastic or compressible material, simultaneously coating a portion of the design or pattern with an adhesive agent, and applying to the coated portion of the design a metallic or other powder.

3. The herein described process of ornamenting floor-coverings or other like articles, which consists in forming upon asuitable backing or lining a more or less plastic facing, embossing a design or pattern in or on said more or less plastic facing, and simultaneously coating a portion of the design or pattern with an adhesive agent, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4E. The herein described process of ornamenting floor-coverings and other like articles, which consists in forming upon a suitable backing or lining a more or less plastic facing, embossing a design or pattern in said more or less plastic facing, applying simultaneously an adhesive agent to a portion of the pattern or design, and applying to the coated portion of the design a metallic or other powder, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

llllltBllRYl LUSHINGTON STOREY. ISAAC HENRY STOREY.

Witnesses:

JOHN GILL, REGINALD STOREY. 

